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Dwingeloo Radio Telescope

Dwingeloo Radio Telescope

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Dwingeloo Radio Telescope

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Location: Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Dwingeloo Radio Telescope – Col du VAM loop from Diever

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2. VAM-berg – Dwingelderveld National Park loop from Hoogeveen

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3. Col du VAM – VAM-berg loop from Diever

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Glen Sobel

February 22, 2023

The Dwingeloo radio telescope near the village of Dwingeloo in the municipality of Westerveld in the north-east of the Netherlands is a single-dish radio telescope with a diameter of 25 m. Construction began in 1954 and was completed in 1956. It was the largest radio telescope at the time of the world.

Since 2000 it has not been in operation and was officially declared a Dutch industrial monument in August 2009. In June 2012 it was dismantled for restoration purposes and reinstalled in November 2012. The C.A. Foundation Muller Radio Astronomy Station, also known as CAMRAS, then put the radio telescope back into operation in cooperation with the owner ASTRON.

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Jelmer

July 18, 2018

The Dwingeloo Radio Telescope is a radio telescope with a single dish with a diameter of 25 meters. The telescope was built in 1954 by Werkspoor and Philips in collaboration with various Dutch universities. With the words Would you like to press this button, majesty. The telescope was officially taken into use by Queen Juliana on Tuesday April 17, 1956, and was the largest radio telescope in the world for a short time. The costs of the construction amounted to 1 million guilders.

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Edzo Boven

October 5, 2020

Radio telescope located at a crossing of cycle paths. Beautiful view over the grass and fens area.

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Location: Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Dwingeloo Radio Telescope – Col du VAM loop from Diever

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